annabella

Hi Valerie, welcome. I have been browsing myself for 2 yrs and only a member for a few months. I just got approved on monday through my insurance and Iam expecting my call tomorrow to schedule my surgery. I can't wait to get banded! Iam just about 5'7 and 220. My goal is 135 so that leaves me 85 lbs to lose. I have been heavy since my first pregnancy 22 yrs ago. I have 2 boys 21 and 12 next month. My husband has lost 60 of 80 lbs he needed to lose on his own. Iam anxious to catch up, lol Good luck with all your appts. Keep us posted.

Well now you know why he got this way!! This is why he thinks its ok to damage property. This is why he is a menace to society! This is why he'll end up in jail and or prison! The apple NEVER falls from the tree. His mother has taught him how to be a big fat NOBODY. So damn sad. You need a license to fish, hunt and to do any upgrades to your own property but any ole trash can have kids. Makes me sick.

They will set your mind at ease. We got them out of my husbands hunting magazines! I hook the cable into the camera and into the computer and I see everything it recorded. Mostly wind activated it this yr but a couple of times someone was walking in the middle of the night down the street and I swear looking at the pics is like they were taken in the daytime! AMAZING little gadget. It will also record when activated if you choose that setting. We have it set up to take pics every 3 seconds once activated till 2 minutes after no motion is detected.

Its just fact. Neighbors are not what they used to be and kids now a days have little or no respect for their elders or anyone for that matter. I deal with disrespectful kids all the time and their parents. My son has lost many friends b/c their parents divorce. Its not one divorce at a time. Its happened twice that 2 of his friends' were going through divorces with their parents b/c they had affairs with someone 2 houses down or across the street. Its horrid. Thats 4 affairs alone on my block that I know of. My block is many blocks long so who knows??? My neighbor last summer whose kids curse worse than truckers decided to rake her dirt driveway within 5 min of us painting that side of the house!!! We saw this HUGE dirt cloud and ran over there to see what the hell was going on. She had lived there a yr and we met when she first moved in but there had been no more communication other than that and this is what happened. We said OMG, we just painted our house and its wet, could you please do that tomorrow? She said NO, she had a party to get ready for in 2 wks. I said ok, can you please not do this till tomorrow? She told my husband and I to go back to painting our house and she used a few other words. (no wonder why her kids curse like they do). I said look, you continue to do that and that dirt sticks to my house I will take pictures, I will take you to court, and you will pay to have it cleaned up and repainted. Needless to say she did quit. But as we were walking away she said she wasn't going to show us any consideration b/c our fence was leaning on her garage and she was going to have to fix her garage's siding. Thats when I informed her that my privacy fence in the 2 sections was leaning on her garage and had been for yrs. I then told her why. HER garage burned down, the owners had it rebuilt but never replace the chared wooden fence on that side. Over the yrs MY side of the fence which is FINE fell that way b/c HER side gave way. I said so fix YOUR damaged fence sections and MY fence and your problem will be solved. AND the fact there is poison ivy in between the fences is somehow my fault as well. I have been yelled at to take care of it? Like I planted it or something? For some odd reason that fence is my problem and only my problem, including her side? Go figure??? Since her hubby is gone and she does not work, she must be living on her child support. She's been married a few times with kids from each marriage. She is now dating the guy next door who is single b/c he left his wife for the neighbor 3 houses down. That fell apart soon after their divorces and now he is with the bimbo next door hence the reason her 2-3rd hubby left. My husband and I are taking the high road next month. We know she will not help with one penny to fix the fence so we are taking it down and replacing it ourselves. Its had 3 owners and no one bothers to fix it. So we will do it. Is it fair? No, but I do want my fence fixed. Its sad how people are today. Her kids were bothering my son on the bus (when he does take it) and when I called the school to complain about them I just said the first name and the secretary rattled off the last. They've been here now 2 yrs and the secretary said they are well known to the school as trouble makers. I said well you should meet their mother, you would understand. SADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. For the last 2 yrs (since the bimbo and her kids moved in) there has been a lot of vandalism with Christmas decorations!! The whole neighborhood got nailed 2 yrs in a row except next door and her boyfriend next door to her. Coincidence? I think not. We purchased infared motion detector camera's last yr at 300 bucks a pop! We set them up and everynight we waited to catch them. We even made sure the one was set up so it got our whole yard including her front door but no vandalism occured this yr. I will catch the little jerks.

Hey your a Michigander. You know our famous saying. "If you don't like the weather, wait 1 minute it will change". LOL

I see this often. Iam 2 houses away from the where the bus picks up. When my youngest now in middle school first started K I was shocked to see that I was the ONLY parent to walk to the stop everyday. I found myself yelling and discipling kids that were acting up, playing in the road, etc. After the 3rd grade I made it clear by writing a letter in our local paper that I was no longer the bus stop baby sitter. For the next couple yrs I would stand in our driveway and when we saw the bus my son would walk the 2 houses and get on. This way we totally avoided the stop and my responsibilities for the other kids' actions. My schedule has now changed and I can take my son every morning to middle school but to this day when I look down at the stop there are only children. NO parents. Parents think they are safe at the stop, don't need supervision and they couldn't be more wrong. I used to yell at the kids b/c they would ring people's doorbells and then run back to the stop. One man came out and yelled at me. I said hey look, he's not mine! I filed many complaints with the bus garage and school. The letter in the paper did help. I think I made parents feel dumb. Elementary and even middle school kids need supervision! I feel for you. I would say something to the kids every morning and file complaints everyday with the bus garage, school and police station. Something will get done b/c they'll get sick of dealing with it. Good luck

Iam going through the Detroit Bariatrics. On location at Barix Clinics/Forest Health Center in Ypsilanti. Dr. Nunn will be my surgeon.

Hi Jessica, Congrats! Iam waiting on my phone call as well. What part of MI are you from? Iam in the Novi area. Anna

I don't live in Hawaii but I can say that I got started by calling 1-877-lap-band or 1-877-527-2263. Hopefully that will work for you? They sent me a packet explaining what to do. The packet had surgeons in and around my area that I could choose from. I looked them up one by one and decided on a Dr. Once I did that I called the office and they guided me on what to do. To start I had to attend a seminar. At this seminar they explained both Gastric Bypass and the Lap Band procedures in detail and then met with you one by one. I want the lapband. My next step is a psych evaluation which I have set up. They too gave me that number. This is of course my situation and my insurance so your experience may differ. I had already talked with my insurance company and I already know they will pay for it but its just following the rules before hand that I have to do. GOOD LUCK. Annabella